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Metropolitan Airport News
Produced by a team of aviation professionals and enthusiasts, our mission is to inform and update the more than 68,000 employees who work on the metropolitan New York airport properties, as well as the many others that provide goods and services in the surrounding communities.
GreenChip Ewaste & ITAD Solutions is excited to announce its expansion with the opening of a 2nd electronics recycling facility in the heart of Astoria, Queens. Along with their existing Brooklyn-based facility, this new facility will give GreenChip the ability to better serve corporate and residential customers in New York City and the Tri-State Area. With over 10 years of experience, GreenChip is a full-service electronic waste solutions expert providing a wide range of ITAD and e-waste services to government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, healthcare providers, and the public. Core services include IT asset purchasing, electronics removal, and secure data destruction. GreenChip holds industry-leading certifications and…
The TWA Hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie” L-1649A Starliner airplane is completing her 300-mile journey from Auburn-Lewiston Airport in Maine, where she was fully restored, to her new home at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The Connie (tail number: N8083H) will become a one-of-a-kind cocktail lounge and event space at the 512-room hotel opening in spring 2019 and located at the landmark 1962 former TWA terminal designed by Eero Saarinen. Decorated in authentic TWA livery, the disassembled Connie was loaded on two separate trucks — one for the fuselage, one for the tail. Escorted by a…
FlightSafety International announces that David Davenport and Ray Johns will lead the company as Co-CEOs. David will also serve as President, Commercial, and Ray as President, Government and Manufacturing. “We are honored and humbled to have been named to succeed Bruce Whitman,” said David and Ray. “We are thankful for his outstanding leadership and countless contributions to FlightSafety’s success during his 57 years of service. Together we will continue to embrace and promote the culture of customer service, quality, trust, caring, respect, and family he created at the company, and his commitment to enhance aviation safety around the world.” In…
Travelers aid at JFK recently held a luncheon to celebrate Helga Wertheheimer’s 25 years as a Travelers aid volunteer with all her co-workers in attendance. The GM at JFK gave Helga a letter of recognition for her fine work over the years. Travelers Aid is a program at JFK airport and others that services passengers that encounter problems or otherwise seek assistance during travel. There are Travelers Aid volunteer representatives at Terminals 1, 4, 5, 7, 8. Thank You Helga for helping assisting travelers who needed help. For more information about Travelers Aid.
The Terminal One Team, comprising Terminal One Group Association (TOGA) and its world-class team of operating and financial partners, today welcomed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s decision to move forward with the redevelopment and expansion of John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport’s Terminal One in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s Vision Plan for JFK. Terminal One Group Association comprises Air France, Lufthansa, Korean Air and Japan Airlines – all of which partnered in 1994 for the original development of Terminal One at JFK. TOGA is joined by a world-class team of operating and financial partners to help deliver…
Port Authority leaders and numerous elected officials celebrated Newark Liberty International Airport’s (EWR) rich 90-year history today by turning their sights to the future, highlighting the development of the airport’s new Terminal One. The new facility will provide a world-class experience for fliers with the replacement of the outdated Terminal A. Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole and Executive Director Rick Cotton, joined by state and local officeholders that included Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin at the site of the terminal construction at Newark Liberty, praised the project as a vital Port Authority investment in the state…
More than a dozen organizations joined together to announce the launch of A Better Way to LGA, a new coalition in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport (AirTrain LGA). The coalition is comprised of community members, economic development groups, transportation advocates, unionized labor, civic stakeholders, and local business leaders, and is co-chaired by the Queens Chamber of Commerce, the Association for a Better New York, and the New York Building Congress. LaGuardia Airport is currently undergoing an $8-billion renovation during which the airport will be completely rebuilt. Today the Port Authority submitted a series of analyses…
FlightSafety International’s chairman, president and CEO Bruce Whitman, whose career with the flight training company spanned 57 years, died at the age of 85. During Whitman’s tenure, he made it his mission to reduce aviation accidents by creating programs that train pilots, not only for proficiency but to increase their abilities to handle emergency situations. The company developed full-motion simulators that create a realistic environment for pilots to practice situations that would be impossible to safely simulate in complex airplanes. Flight scenarios such as engine failures on takeoff have made many a pilot emerge from FlightSafety’s simulators white-knuckled and sweaty.…
The long trip of the Lockheed Constellation, known as the “Connie,” kicked off Monday, October 7th at a send-off event Auburn-Lewiston Airport in Maine. The plane then departed Tuesday morning and make its way over the next several days to JFK in New York on a tow truck. Decorated in authentic TWA livery, our Connie — whose fleet once served as Air Force One for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and broke the record for fastest nonstop trip from Burbank to New York with former TWA owner Howard Hughes at the helm in 1946 — deserves a victory lap before welcoming…
Vaughn College was commended by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao at the Department of Transportation’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on Wednesday, September 26. Her remarks celebrated the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the transportation industry and how institutions like Vaughn are preparing the next generation of professionals for success in their careers. “Two weeks ago, the FAA held its first Aviation Workforce Symposium, which has ignited a national conversation on how to attract young people from all backgrounds to aviation careers,” Chao said. “To increase diversity, organizers targeted a mix of colleges and universities, such as Vaughn…